Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #7 Ross Murdoch Does Open Water?!
Here (above) is Ross Murdoch swimming in a pool. But what if we told you he’s been doing some swimming OUTSIDE OF A POOL!?
Andrew, Gunes Earn FINA Swimmer Of The Meet Honors
Michael Andrew earned FINA male swimmer of the meet honors after winning 5 medals and swimming 25 races in the 6 day competition
Rikako Ikee Breaks Championship Record In Women’s 100 Butterfly
Rikako Ikee of Japan won the women’s 100 fly in a new championship record of 58.28
Australia Breaks Junior World Record In 400m Freestyle Relay
Fresh off a silver medal performance in the 50m backstroke, Minna Atherton helped her Australian teammates to a gold medal and new junior world record in the 400m free relay to close out day 5
Canada Comes On Strong In Medal Table After Day 3 At World Juniors
Canada snatched up four medals on day 3, shifting the standings in the medal table halfway through the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
Rikako Ikee Breaks Meet Record, Puts Scare On Junior World Record
Rikako Ikee of Japan broke the championship record in the women’s 50m butterfly Thursday night in order to take the top seed heading into finals and put a scare on the junior world record.
Taylor Ruck Wins 100m Freestyle In Championship Record Timing
Taylor Ruck of Canada continued her sprint-freestyle domination at the 2015 Junior World championships, once again dipping under the 54-second mark in the 100 in order to claim gold in the final.
Danica Ludlow Honors Bennett with 400 Win at Candian Championships
Ludlow delivered by posting a winning time of 4:14.86, passing 15-year-old Molly Gowans of University of Victoria-Pacific Swim Club in the final quarter. Gowans earned silver in 4:15.15.
Thormeyer Wins 100 Free Gold on Day 2 of Canadian Nationals
17-year-old Markus Thormeyer took the title in come-from-behind fashion with a time of 50.21 seconds, beating Pan Am Games teammate Stefan Milosevic, racing for UBC Dolphin Association.
MUSIC VIDEO: Toronto Swim Club Shakes It Off At The 2015 Age Group International
Head coach Bill O’Toole, Junior National coach Dave Ling, Canadian record holder and junior national team member Penny Oleksiak, and University of Toronto swimmer Edward Liu can all be seen jamming along to the new T-Swift tune.
Relay initiative takes Pro Swim Series gold
Canada’s female junior relay initiative paid dividends with a gold medal at the Charlotte Pro Swim Series on Friday, while breaststroker Richard Funk went to the wall with a familiar foe for silver in the men’s 100 metres.
Three Ontario Records Fall; Penny Oleksiak Scares 50 Free National Record
Multiple Canadian records have been taken down over the course of the past week, as Penny Oleksiak, Javier Acevedo, and the Markham Aquatic Club all solidified their names in the Ontario record books.
Kyle Chalmers Swims 49.2 in Age Group Encore to Record-Setting Nationals Performance
Australian 16-year old Kyle Chalmers is already building his legend down under before he’s even completed high school.
Penny Oleksiak Takes Down Noemie Thomas’ Age Group Record In 100 Fly
Penny Oleksiak took home a fifth place finish in the 100m fly tonight en route to breaking Noemie Thomas’ Canadian record that she set back in August of 2010.
2015 Canadian Trials – Day 2 Prelims Recap
Michelle Williams of NYAC started off the morning as the top qualifier in the women’s 100 freestyle…